You will:

• Lead high-impact projects: Oversee research, analysis, and partner engagements across diverse governance and development topics, translating insights into actionable reform strategies. You may lead projects spanning public finance, results-based financing, performance management systems, across sectors such as education, employment, health, and governance.
• Drive GEN’s growth: Shape and implement GEN’s strategy, support country cohorts, and cultivate partnerships with funders, multilaterals, and reform leaders globally.
• Advise on public-sector reforms: Guide senior officials through complex reform processes, helping them diagnose root causes, align incentives, and navigate political and institutional realities.
• Manage partnerships: Build and maintain trusted relationships with government counterparts, development partners, and implementation partners, acting as an ambassador for Instiglio’s mission and GEN’s vision.
• Strategic Leadership & Autonomy: Operate with high levels of independence and judgment — shaping engagements, managing senior partner relationships, and representing Instiglio and GEN externally as a trusted advisor and ambassador of our mission.
• Coach and facilitate learning: Support and motivate reform teams through adaptive approaches (e.g., PDIA or systems thinking), fostering reflection, iteration, and ownership.
• Steer teams and delivery: Manage project teams, budgets, and timelines to ensure the achievement of ambitious targets while maintaining high quality and learning.
• Strengthen our approaches: Contribute to refining and codifying methodologies and tools that advance how Instiglio and GEN drive government transformation.

Who you are

Experience

• A minimum of 8 years of professional experience for Manager roles and 10 years for Senior Manager roles, including:
• A minimum of 4 years advising senior government officials on public-sector reforms.
• Proven experience with cross-ministerial coordination, policy implementation, and navigating the political economy of reform.
• Demonstrated ability to build coalitions, alignment, and buy-in among senior stakeholders.
• Experience managing or designing complex initiatives, partnerships, or reform programs.
• Experience in management consulting or complex development programs (multilateral, bilateral, or NGO) is highly desirable.

Education

• Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Public Policy, Economics, Political Science, Business, or related fields.
• Experience with adaptive or problem-driven approaches (e.g., PDIA, systems thinking) is an advantage.